Susan Bunch (Jessica Hecht)

Susan was introduced as Carol’s girlfriend with whom Carol had an affair while married to Ross. Ross and Susan never got along very well, mainly because Ross resented Susan for “stealing” Carol away from him. Susan resented Ross for his romantic history with Carol as well as his awkward behavior around her. During Carol’s labor in season 1 episode 23, Ross and Susan even manage to compete in who fetched Carol some ice chips, resulting in Carol banishing them both from the delivery room. In season 1 episode 2, Susan and Carol wanted to give their unborn child the surname Willick-Bunch.

Susan’s father was in the military and both her parents seemed very supportive and accepting of her relationship with Carol.

In season 4 there was episode where Susan traveled to London with Ross’ then girlfriend Emily and Ross feared that Susan would “turn” Emily like (according to him) she turned Carol, which other characters find ridiculous.

Her final appearance was in the two episode special in Season 6, about an alternative reality where Carol and Ross didn’t divorce. Within the episode, Ross, in an attempt to spice things up, suggested having a threesome, much to the excitement of Carol, who invited Susan, who, to Ross, was just a woman from Carol’s gym. They went through with the threesome but Carol and Susan did not pay attention to Ross and he mainly sat and watched.

Filter Relationship Arc:

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.